For Mums

Welcome to another Inspired Stamps post.  I have a special card for all the Mothers everywhere!  For truly, I am in awe - a mother's responsibility is great, her love and her resilience are unending.  She cares for the whole family lovingly and sacrifices of herself, putting their needs and well-being ahead of her own, most times.  Hats off to you!!

This Scripture sentiment comes from the Inspired Stamps set "Proverbs 31 Women" - it's a wonderful set with the appropriate sentiments for a Mother's Day card or to encourage the Girlfriends/Aunt/Sister, etc.  I stamped the little rosette from "1inch Flowers" set three times just above the Scripture sentiment.  The sentiment piece was cut out using an Oval die and I inked some Distress Ink Spun Sugar all around the edges, and matted it onto an Oval doily diecut.  The patterned paper is from Webster's Pages- Country Estate 6x6 pad.  A string of tafetta ribbon was placed just behind the sentiment, and I added a little floral piece made from the same ribbon just to the left.

Thank you so much for coming by today.  For more Inspired Stamps inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the DT's blogs and the Inspired Stamps blog.

Have a beautiful day!
Kary

Friends Forever

A little cutie monster card for you!  I know monsters may not appeal to some but I adore this cute set, Love Monsters from Taylored Expressions.

The little hearts monster is coloured with Copic Markers BV00, BV02, BV04, R32, R35, R39, and the double hearts image with R32, R35, R39, BV00, RV00, RV02.  The sentiment is from the set Branching Out.  The patterned papers are from Echo Park and Lily Bee Design and the card follows the sketch TESC155.

Have a fabulous day!
Kary

Peace, Love and Happiness

What would you wish for if you were a millionaire?  I can think of LOTS!  The thought was inspired by this inspiration photo at Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

Cute, isn't it?  Well, one of the things I'd love to have/do if I had millions, would be a nice sporty car and to travel the world!  Hmm.. so here's my take on the challenge... {smiles}

The polka dots road from the Geo-Graphic set, was stamped with Memento Tangelo on the cardbase.  The car from My Guy was coloured with Copic Markers (R02, R05, R08, C1, C3, C5, BG0000).  The bird, from My Peeps, was coloured with Copic Markers (B12, B14, BG0000, R05).  I just love this sentiment from Pretty Phrases, I split them up and stamped  them with Memento Tangelo and Rich Cocoa.  Then I fussy cut out the word peace and adhered it with pop dots on the card, and did a little outlining with BG0000 around the cut-out word.  I thought the bird would look great with a long scarf and I used Baker's Twine Cantaloupe and Mandarin.

Here are some close ups:

Thanks for coming by.  Wishing you a Happy Week!!
Kary

Unity Friends with Flair (6.04.2012)

Hello Friends! Wishing you a blessed Good Friday and a Happy Easter!!  This weekend, as we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, may your hearts be filled with much joy and thankfulness.

On today's card, I got out my Twinkling H2O to paint the beautiful butterflies image from the IOD set "Love Never Fails".  I did some sponging as well with Distress Inks Evergreen Bough, Antique Linen and Spun Sugar.  The sentiment is from the set "Faith" and it was cut out using the Petite Ovals Spellbinders dies and sponged with Distress Ink Antique Linen.  I love this Scripture sentiment. The patterned papers are from Simple Stories Year-o-graphy 6x6 pad.

Thank you for visiting today. As always, I'm thankful for your comments - I love reading them & likewise I love to visit your blogs too.

Take care,
Kary

So Very Blessed

It's all about Spring for today's Inspired Stamps project.  I think of Spring as sunny days, flowers blooming, fresh colours and a new beginning.  There's such cheerfulness that this season brings.

When I set out to make this card, I had two stamp sets in mind that I wanted to use - i.e. the 1.5" Circle Greetings set as the focal image and the lace doily from Lovely Lace.  After stamping and cutting out the Circle Greeting and Lace Doily,  a shaped card came to mind.  I added two smaller die-cuts (cut from blue and orange patterned papers using Spellbinders dies) to layer the Circle Greeting and a large doily (green cardstock using Cheery Lynn Designs-English Tea Party Doily) just behind the stamped Doily.  Then I adhered two shaped die-cuts (using Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circle die) together to make the card base and adhere it to the back of the card front.

Here's another look at the card:

I hope you like the idea.  For more inspiration, please visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and the Inspired Stamps' blog.

Thanks for visiting me today.  Have a blessed day!

Kary

Little Magician

Happy Tuesday!  Sharing a little Magician girl today and playing along with MFT Sketch challenge #65.  This little Magician brought to mind so many fun memories of magic shows in my childhood years.  I had a blast colouring her.

I used the following Copic markers - Skin (E000, E01, E11), Hair (E21, E23, E25), Top (RV00, RV02), Belt, Hair Pin & Shoes (R20, R21), Skirt (BV00, BV02, BV04), Tights (B60, B63, B66), Cape (C1, C3, C5, C9), Hat (E01, R20, E000, R21, C9, C5, C3).  Then I added some sparkle to her outfit using Atyou Spica Clear pen. The die-namics I've used are Oval Open Scallop Doily Duo (the larger doily), Chevrons Stripes and the Butterflies.  The papers are from Fancy Pants - Childish Things 6x6 pad.

On the front of the card, I masked off part of the sentiment, and stamped the other half on the inside... I know, it's pretty rare that I actually decorate the inside of a card. {grin}

And, here's the sketch :

This is such a fun and easy sketch to interpret.  Perhaps you can play along too ;)

Have a great day!

Kary

One Layer Card

Having a go at One Layer card today for the Waltzing Mouse Card challenge #91 - I don't think I've worked so hard with masking and using different inks for a long time.  It was quite fun especially when the stamping works out.  A little scary to be honest, when I was aligning the stamps.  I'm not very good with precision and I'm too lazy to get out the Stamp-a-ma-jig.

I'm loving this new set by Waltzing Mouse "Paris Nouveau" - such lovely designs and I think it's a got a touch of vintage too.  I used different Memento inks for the stamping - the bold red border in Rhubarb Stalk, the beige frame in Desert Sand, the Eiffel Tower in Paris Dusk and the sentiment in Rich Cocoa.  Thinking the card looked a little flat, I added some score lines for some interest, and here's a closer look:

Kinda happy how it turned out {smiles}.  I think this card works as well for Beate's Crafty Friends Challenge #1.

Wishing you a wonderful week!
Kary